//================================================
/**
 *  @file  Property_Handler.h
 *
 *  $Id$
 *
 *  @author Jules White <jules@dre.vanderbilt.edu>
 */
//================================================

#ifndef CIAO_CONFIG_HANDLERS_PROPERTY_HANDLER_H
#define CIAO_CONFIG_HANDLERS_PROPERTY_HANDLER_H

#include /**/ "ace/pre.h"

#include "Config_Handlers_Common_Export.h"
#include "Utils/Functors.h"

#if !defined (ACE_LACKS_PRAGMA_ONCE)
# pragma once
#endif /* ACE_LACKS_PRAGMA_ONCE */

namespace Deployment
{
  struct Property;
  class Properties;
}

namespace CIAO
{
  namespace Config_Handlers
    {
      class Property;

      /*
       * @class Property_Handler
       *
       * @brief Handler class for <CCMComponentPortDescription> types.
       *
       * This class defines handler methods to map values from
       * XSC objects, parsed from the descriptor files, to the
       * corresponding CORBA IDL type for the schema element.
       *
       */

      class Config_Handlers_Common_Export Property_Handler
	{
	public:
	  Property_Handler (void);
	  virtual ~Property_Handler (void);

	  /// This method maps the values from the XSC object
	  /// <CIAO::Config_Handlers::Property> to the CORBA IDL type
	  /// <Deployment::Property>.
	  static void handle_property (const Property& desc,
				       ::Deployment::Property& toconfig);
	  static Property get_property (const ::Deployment::Property& src);
	};


      typedef Sequence_Handler < Property,
				 ::Deployment::Properties,
				 ::Deployment::Property,
				 Property_Handler::handle_property > Property_Functor;

    }
}

#include /**/ "ace/post.h"
#endif /* CIAO_CONFIG_HANDLERS_PROPERTY_HANDLER_H*/
